Anti-dumpling pallet structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10173807-B1
Application number	US-201715854791-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 27, 2017
Priority date	Oct 19, 2017
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

An anti-dumpling pallet structure includes a pallet body and at least one supporting module. At least one chamber is formed inside the pallet body. The at least one supporting module includes a first supporting member and a second supporting member. The first supporting member and the second supporting member are movably connected to the pallet body. The first supporting member and the second supporting member protrude from the pallet body to provide support for preventing the pallet body acted by an external force from falling over when the at least one supporting module is located at a first position relative to the pallet body, and the first supporting member and the second supporting member are received inside the at least one chamber when the at least one supporting module is located at a second position relative to the pallet body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An anti-dumpling pallet structure comprising:
a pallet body, a chamber being formed inside the pallet body; and
at least one supporting module switchable between a first position and a second position relative to the pallet body, the at least one supporting module comprising a first supporting member and a second supporting member, the first supporting member and the second supporting member being movably connected to the pallet body, the first supporting member and the second supporting member protruding from the pallet body to provide support for preventing the pallet body acted by an external force from falling over when the at least one supporting module is located at the first position relative to the pallet body, and the first supporting member and the second supporting member being received inside the chamber when the at least one supporting module is located at the second position relative to the pallet body.

2. The pallet structure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one supporting module further comprises a sliding track disposed on the pallet body, and the first supporting member and the second supporting member are slidably disposed on the sliding track.

3. The pallet structure of claim 2 , wherein the sliding track comprises a first stopping portion and a second stopping portion, and the first stopping portion and the second stopping portion stop the first supporting member and the second supporting member respectively when the at least one supporting module is located at the first position relative to the pallet body.

4. The pallet structure of claim 1 , wherein the at least one supporting module further comprises a first pivoting member and a second pivoting member, the first supporting member is pivotally connected to the pallet body by the first pivoting member, and the second supporting member is pivotally connected to the pallet body by the second pivoting member.

5. The pallet structure of claim 4 , wherein the first pivoting member and the second pivoting member are pivoting shafts.

6. The pallet structure of claim 4 , wherein the first pivoting member and the second pivoting member are hinges.

7. The pallet structure of claim 1 , wherein the first supporting member and the second supporting member are parallel to each other when the at least one supporting module is located at the first position relative to the pallet body.

8. The pallet structure of claim 7 , wherein a sum of a length of the first supporting member and a length of the second supporting member is substantially equal to or less than a width of a lateral side of the pallet body.

9. The pallet structure of claim 7 , wherein a length of the first supporting member and a length of the second supporting member are substantially equal to a half of a width of a lateral side of the pallet body.

10. The pallet structure of claim 7 , wherein the first supporting member and the second supporting member are aligned on a line when the at least one supporting module is located at the first position relative to the pallet body.

11. The pallet structure of claim 1 , wherein the first supporting member and the second supporting member are at least partially overlapped with each other and received inside the chamber when the at least one supporting module is located at the second position relative to the pallet body, and the first supporting member and the second supporting member are parallel to each other when the at least one supporting module is located at the first position relative to the pallet body.

12. The pallet structure of claim 11 , wherein a sum of a length of the first supporting member and a length of the second supporting member is substantially greater than a width of a lateral side of the pallet body.

13. The pallet structure of claim 11 , wherein a length of the first supporting member and a length of the second supporting member are substantially equal to a width of a lateral side of the pallet body.

14. The pallet structure of claim 11 , wherein the first supporting member and the second supporting member are not aligned on a line when the at least one supporting module is located at the first position relative to the pallet body.

15. The pallet structure of claim 1 , wherein the pallet structure comprises a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a fifth side and a sixth side, the first side is for supporting an object, the second side is opposite to the first side and for contacting a supporting surface, the third side and the fourth side are opposite to each other and adjacent to the first side and the second side, the fifth side and the sixth side are opposite to each other and adjacent to the first side, the second side, the third side and the fourth side, a length of the fifth side and a length of the sixth side are greater than a length of the third side and a length of the fourth side, and the at least one supporting module is disposed on at least one of the third side and the fourth side.

16. The pallet structure of claim 15 , comprising two supporting modules disposed on the third side and the fourth side respectively.

17. The pallet structure of claim 15 , wherein the first supporting member and the second supporting member protrude from the fifth side and the sixth side of the pallet body respectively when the at least one supporting module is located at the first position relative to the pallet body.

18. The pallet structure of claim 15 , wherein the first supporting member and the second supporting member do not protrude from the fifth side and the sixth side of the pallet body respectively when the at least one supporting module is located at the second position relative to the pallet body.

19. The pallet structure of claim 1 , wherein the first position is an unfolded position, the second position is a folded position, the first supporting member and the second supporting member are received inside the chamber and do not protrude from the pallet body when the at least one supporting module is located at the folded position relative to the pallet body.

20. The pallet structure of claim 1 , wherein the pallet structure is adapted for carrying a cargo, a height of the cargo is substantially greater than or equal to a height of the pallet structure, and the cargo is a cabinet, a server rack, or a display device.

Assignees

• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Liang Xiayan
• Huang Yunqiang

Classifications

• B65D19/38 Primary

  Details or accessories · CPC title

• B65D2519/0091

  whereby all side walls are hingedly connected to each other · CPC title

• B65D2519/00741

  Dimensional aspects of the pallet · CPC title

• B65D2519/0087

  collapsible pallet · CPC title

• B65D19/0095

  and each contact surface having a stringer-like shape · CPC title